PubSecAlliance is a growing online community of union and association leaders from groups representing sworn personnel in law enforcement agencies in the U.S., Canada and around the world. It is not a formal organization. There is no president or board of directors. Our mission is simply to provide a space for you to communicate with your colleagues about your most pressing concerns, while informing you about the issues that matter to you most.
Government pensions were once considered untouchable, ironclad, off limits even if the employer went bankrupt. On Tuesday, a federal bankruptcy judge in Sacramento inched closer to changing all that. Commenting during a hearing on Stockton’s bankruptcy case, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein suggested that employees and retirees could have their pensions reduced to facilitate the […]
Update on contract talks in San Antonio. The Association is running a “positive” radio ad (you can listen here) but the next 30 second spot will be more aggressive as the city manager starts the budget process. Right now she is threatening to cut $12 million dollars from the police budget. That means 100 layoffs […]
The most troubling aspect of 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie’s refusal this week to make necessary contributions to his state’s pension system was not the budget maneuver itself — it was that almost none of the debate surrounding the move said anything about what it was really all about. Christie depicted the maneuver as a […]
Oh how the mighty have fallen. Rahm Emanuel, currently the mayor of Chicago, gets less popular by the day. The guy that instituted massive layoffs and school closures just doesn’t seem to get the credit he thinks he deserves for inflicting so much pain on the not ultra-rich residents of the Windy City, How unpopular […]
Obviously frustrated over issues surrounding pay and discipline, Los Angeles police officers rejected a proposed one-year contract extension reached with Mayor Eric Garcetti and city negotiators. Officials with the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents rank-and-file cops, said 5,823 members had voted against the contract over the last four days. The union […]
In Pennsylvania Governor Corbett is ramping up the pressure on the Legislature to pas a sension reform package this year. The Republican party has launched robocalls in southeastern Pennsylvania, home to several competitive state Senate races, urging voters to contact their local lawmaker, according to a post by the right-leaning Keystone Report. It’s tough to […]
In Canada, The Ontario Provincial Police Association (OPPA) has set-up a trust fund to help Constable Peter Tucker and his family. Tucker is a motorcycle officer who was seriously injured just over a week ago when he was escorting a motorcade. He was part of a training exercise and hit a goose and crashed. The […]
Baltimore’s police and fire unions are fighting a new proposal from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to privatize part of the pensions of new employees. City finance officials say the privatization plan is the latest step needed to save the Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System, which they say is struggling and carries a $765 million unfunded […]
Massachusetts law enforcement leaders are sounding off against a Supreme Judicial Court ruling that says an officer catching a whiff of unburnt weed doesn’t have cause to search a car, while legalization advocates are calling it a win for civil liberties. “How is it any different from stopping somebody with an odor of alcohol on […]
Raise will help some of the lowest paid officers in the area In Minnesota, a state arbitrator has awarded the St. Paul Police Federation, which represents more than 600 officers and civilian police personnel, a 6.25 percent pay increase over the life of a three-year contract. Despite the wage bump, which is retroactive to 2013 […]
A pay raise for Albuquerque officers is being voted on by the police union. If approved, officers would receive a 5 percent raise and new hires would get a bump as well. The new contract would also allow extra pay for officers who stay the Albuquerque Police Department for long periods of time. If union […]
According to news reports, the D.R.O.P. program (deferred retirement option plan) in Dallas has grown so fast in terms of cost that it threatens the entire $3.4 billion pension fund. D.R.O.P. is incredibly popular with police officers and firefighters. The way D.R.O.P. works is this – instead of retiring, officers can continue working at full […]
In Connecticut, East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. is discounting claims by a top police union official that the Police Department’s contract that requires new police recruits to sign agreements that they will remain with the Police Department for three years violates state law. “The Town’s position is that the agreements are valid, enforceable, and […]
Union takes legal fees from non-members’ checks Some North Las Vegas PD supervisors have refused to pick up settlement payments because of a union fee they say isn’t legal. Non-union command staff say the police supervisors’ union could face a lawsuit in the wake of a decision to charge non-members for their recently negotiated city […]
Nearly 500 police officers reported out sick on Monday as part of a “Blue Flu” in Memphis. According to Memphis NBC station WMC-TV, the sickout, which has gone on for several days, forced the city to call in Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies to help man the popular Beale Street entertainment district on Saturday. On Sunday, […]
Unions representing government workers are expanding while organized labor has been shedding private sector members over the past half-century. A majority of union members today now have ties to a government entity, at the federal, state or local levels. Roughly 1-in-3 public sector workers is a union member, compared with about 1-in-15 for the private […]
At a recent press conference New Orleans PD Superintendent Ronal Serpas asserted that the French Quarter was adequately policed during a recent wave of shootings. But Mayor Mitch Landrieu was simultaneously saying that federal agents and state troopers were needed to bolster crime-fighting efforts in New Orleans. That total lack of coordination drew a heated […]
The Supreme Court’s decision in Harris v. Quinn was the latest blow to organized labor. HuffPost Live explores the decision, its implications and the war on workers in America. Read more.
By the Board of Directors Los Angeles Police Protective League Police work is not just dangerous, it’s heavily nuanced. In this case, “excessive force” turned out to be a justified and logical response by highly trained professionals to a specific set of rapidly evolving circumstances. When viewed by itself and without any context, this video […]
In Fort Wayne, Indiana, the city council exempted police officers and firefighters when it ended collective bargaining for city employees earlier this month. But there’s still a chance public-safety unions won’t entirely escape the fallout. Marty Bender, R-at large, told The News-Sentinel this week he is considering an ordinance that would prevent union officials from […]
In the end-of-session crush of last-minute actions, the New York State legislature quietly passed a bill that would make disciplinary procedures involving all police agencies, including the NYPD, subject to contract negotiations. The measure, backed by law enforcement officer unions across the state, was strongly opposed by the state Conference of Mayors and the Association […]
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Whoever said, “A few bad apples can bring the whole place down” knew what they were talking about. Here’s one story that certainly reinforces the that notion. According to The Boston Globe, 20 Massachuetts State Troopers are being investigated for theft of overtime pay. Reporters Mark Arsenault, Travis Andersen, and Shelley Murphy write: “In another black […]
When is Police “Use of Force” Justified?
It seems like every law enforcement agency is grappling with changes in use-of-force policies, which are too often implemented by people that are not familiar at all with the complicated, risky, and high-pressure world of law enforcement, especially when it comes to the use of deadly force. The press conference you are about to watch […]
FBI Will Not Investigate Detective’s Homicide
The FBI won’t be taking over an investigation into the homicide of a Baltimore city detective who was slain amid a corruption investigation. Detective Sean Suiter was shot in the head with his own weapon on Nov. 15, a day before he was to testify before a federal grand jury investigating wrongdoing by fellow officers […]
The Madison Police Department in Wisconsin is making some changes to its policies on the use of deadly force. According to an article in the Wisconsin State Journal, the changes come after several law suits against the city were successful with payouts in the millions. “When it comes to the rules our police officers are trained […]
Via the Chicago Tribune: On his first full day as president of Chicago’s largest police union, Officer Kevin Graham appeared at a news conference to address reporters seeking details of his plan for leading the embattled rank-and-file of the police force. With cameras and reporters ready at the Fraternal Order of Police lodge in the […]
No matter how you feel about Donald Trump, this bit from “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will leave you laughing.
Deputy Martha Lohnes of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Department in South Carolina has responded to some weird 911 calls, but this one takes the cake. Aaliyah Ryan is just two years old. But she knew enough to call 911 when she was having a problem. The dispatcher told Deputy Lohnes that it sounded like a […]
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